Cigar-perforating machine



(No Model.)

B. BEBNHARDT. CIGAR PERFORATING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rmcn.

ERNCT l-iERNIIARDT, OF NEYPORT, KENTUCKY.

ClGAR-PERFORATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,801 dated January29, 1889. Application filed Tarch 12, 1888. Serial No. 266,996. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNs'r BERNHARDT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Newport, in the county of Campbell and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and, useful Improvements inCigar-Perforating Machines, of which the following is a specification.

' E of the rock-shaft E by means of the links My invention relates tothat class of perforators in which a frame carrying a number of needlesor perforating-points is reciprocated to force the points into andwithdraw them from the ends of cigars while they are in the i mold.

The invention will be first fully described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and then particularly referred to and pointed outin the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which each part is indicated by the samerefcrenceletter throughout the different views, Figure 1 is a plan viewof my improved machine, having upon it part of a cigar-mold, part of theupper half of which is removed and the cigars shown in centrallongitudinal section. As shown in this view, the sliding frame hasnearly completed its forward stroke. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of thesame, having part of the bed broken away to expose the head of one ofthe bolts by which the frame-guide is secured'in place. In this view theframe is represented in its rear position. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof one of the puncturingpoints.

The bed-plate A and sliding plate B are preferably made of cast-iron.The bar C, which carries the punctu 1 ing-points I), is preferably madeof wood.

Upon the bed-plate A, near each end, are cast bars a, which are thelower guide-rests for the sliding plate B. Upon the front is a bar orprojection, which is the stop or back rest against which the molds rest.Near the rear edge are two lugs, a, which, when perforated, furnishbearings for the rocloshaft E. Upon the guides a are secured the angle-pieces F by means of bolts f. These pieces F, in

connection with the bars a, furnish the guides for the sliding plate B,the ends of which enter the space between the parts a and F and projectto the outside to receive the pins which connect the plate B to thecrank-arms G. ("entrally upon the shaft E is secured a lever, II, bywhich the shaft is rocked and the plate B reciprocated back and forth.

The plate B has an upwardly -projecting flange or faceplate, 1), againstwhich the needle-bar C is held by the clamping-buttons I). Some spaceleft between the ends of the bar and the buttons, so that the bar may beadjusted'to bring the puncturirig-points in the proper position to enterthe cigar ends.

The piercers I), Fig. 23, are made of steel and are ground tospear-points, forming cutting-edges (I. There are preferably four ofthese cutting-edges. It has been found that plain cone-pointed needlessimply press the tobacco outward as they enter the cigars, and whenwithdrawn the tobacco again assumes its normal position, thus destroyingin a great degree the effect of puncturing. I find that by making theneedles spear-pointed or furnishin g them with cutting-edges, so as tosever thefibcrs of the leaf, the tobacco will not again compacttogether, and cigars sotreated will always draw. Thus the object ofperforating cigar ends is perfectly accomplished.

In making my needle-bar the holes are bored the proper distance apartand of slightly less diameter than the piercers D, so that the piercers,when driven in from the back, will be firmly held in the bar. They aredriven in until their rear ends are flush with the back of the bar 0, sothat when the bar is held in the position shown the ends of the piercerswill rest against the flange or face-plate b. The piercers 1) may have asmall head, d, formed upon them to prevent possibility of their beingdrawn forward in their bar; but if properly fitted the head is notessential.

I prefer to construct the device, as shown, with two crank-arms, oneupon each end of the rock-shaft, and link these crank-arms to the endsof the sliding needle-bar carrier, because it is cheaper and less liableto get out of order.

Near one end of the bedplate is a bolt, a,

which stops the moldI in the proper position.

Instead of the bar a which acts a backstop, round stud'pins a, as shownin. dotted line, may be employed, and I prefer them for the reason thatcuttings or scraps of tobacco are not liable to collect back of them andget between the mold and back-stop. The same result would of course beaccomplished by perforating the bed-plate in t ron t of the baclo stop.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cigar-perforati11g machine, the com bination, substantially asspecified, of the bedplate having end guides, a F, lug-bearings a, and abackstop, the reciprocating; plate B l), movable in said guides, the bar0, and points D, secured in said bar, the buttons Z), for se curing saidbar to the plate B, having a projecting flange, I), the rock-shaft E,crank-arms E, and links G, connecting said crank-arms to the plate 13,and the lever ll, secured upon said shaft for the purpose of rocking thesame,

and therebyimpartinga reciprocating movement to the plate 13 and thepiercing-points carried by it.

2. The combination substantially as specified, of the bed-plate A,having upwardly-projecting bars a a lugs a, and stop-bolt a and theangle-pieces F, secured thereon, the reciprocatin gplate 13, having aproj ccting flange, b, needle-bar O, and needles D, the buttons 1), tosecure said needle-bar in place, the rockshaft E, crank-arms E, andlinks G, connecting' said crank-arms, and the plate carrying thepiercing-points D, and the lever l-I, secured upon said shaft for thepurpose of rocking the same, and thereby actuatingthe pim-eers, thewhole constructed to operate in the manner set Forth;

ERNST BERNITARDT.

Witnesses:

GEo. J. MURRAY, MARY L. MURRAY.

